South Korea’s Constitutional Court has issued a “first of its kind” decision in Asia, requiring South Korea to update its greenhouse gas reduction targets. On 29 August 2024, South Korea’s Constitutional Court (the Court)...more
Due to amendments in 2012 and 2014 to the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States regarding the date of the transfer of the Federal Executive Power (Oct. 1 every six years), there were various interpretations...more
An average tariff of 25% will be imposed on steel, textile, footwear, chemicals, and other products until July 31, 2025, for countries with whom Mexico does not have a preferential or free trade agreement....more
On June 5, 2023, Brazil’s President, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, and the Minister of the Environment, Marina Silva, announced a package of eight presidential decrees designed to increase Brazil's leadership in mitigating...more
Under the Decree, transactions resulting in the establishment, change, termination or encumbrance (directly or indirectly) of rights with respect to securities of certain Russian legal entities; shares (participatory...more
Russian Decree No. 430 was signed on July 5, establishing a basic framework for the replacement of Eurobonds with Russian bonds. The Decree also confirms that debts owed to Russian participants of international syndicates of...more
On 28 February, 1 March and 5 March 2022, the Russian President signed Decrees on special economic measures in connection with so-called "unfriendly" (as such term is used in the Decrees) actions by the USA and the foreign...more
As of May 12, 2020, the period of so-called "non-working days" established by Presidential Decrees No. 206, dated March 25, No. 239, dated April 2, and No. 294, dated April 28 in Russia officially ended. Although most of the...more
By means of a Decree, published in the Federal Gazette on April 2, 2020, the Mexican President orders the immediate termination of all federal public trusts, public mandates or analogous figures....more
In a special Presidential Decree, President Putin announced a national paid week off period between March 30 and April 3, 2020, with limited exceptions. Banks, financial markets, food merchants, and pharmacies will remain...more
The Royal Decree-Law contains measures touching on labor, tax, insolvency, corporate, and finance matters, among others. Following the approval by the Spanish Government of the state of alarm last 14 March to manage the...more
On Friday, March 13, 2020, President Donald J. Trump declared a nationwide emergency under the Stafford Act. This unprecedented action allows Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide funding to state and local...more
The state of alarm is declared in order to deal with the health emergency caused by COVID-19. On 14 March 2020, the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) published Royal Decree 463/2020, declaring a state of alarm for the...more
A Presidential Decree by Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador granting a new set of income tax incentives to capital gains and interests derived from corporate bonds (the Decree) became effective on Jan. 9, 2018. ...more
On January 8, 2019, a Presidential decree was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation in which two tax incentives were granted....more
Por considerarlo de su interés, Holland & Knight Colombia S.A.S. le informa sobre la expedición del Decreto de la Línea Negra "por el cual se redefine el territorio ancestral de los pueblos Arhuaco, Kogui, Wiwa y Kankuamo de...more
The Supreme Court affirmed President Trump’s authority to ban certain foreign nationals from entering the country, finding that such travel restrictions are justified based on national security concerns....more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
The U.S. Supreme Court closed out its most recent term, which began in October 2017, with a number of high-profile and ground-breaking decisions. ...more
By a vote of 5-4, the Supreme Court handed President Trump a tremendous victory by rejecting a challenge to the President’s travel ban” or “Muslim ban” in Trump v. Hawaii. The ban, based on Presidential Proclamation 9645,...more
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the legality of President Trump’s Proclamation No. 9645, commonly known as the travel ban, holding that the restrictions imposed by the policy are “squarely...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion of Trump v. Hawaii, the case on the third iteration of President Trump’s travel entry ban. This version of the ban was issued as a presidential proclamation in...more
On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the travel ban implemented by the Trump Administration in September 2017. This travel ban was the third permutation after two other travel bans failed to...more
The US Supreme Court issued a decision today upholding the third version of the travel ban established by the Trump administration. This ban, issued via Presidential Proclamation, imposes travel restrictions on citizens of...more
In a big victory for President Trump and for Presidential power to determine who enters the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts, upheld President Trump’s third...more